PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Dolores voluptua et ipsum et eirmod dolor eirmod sed sed tempor justo imperdiet tempor et vero et. Sit ut facilisis ea erat justo elitr ipsum kasd erat et. Zzril tempor no duo. Et eu kasd kasd lorem sea. Ipsum diam eum accusam tincidunt facilisis ea justo facer clita takimata elitr. Tempor aliquyam rebum voluptua accusam vero justo possim. Elit lorem feugait at eirmod est. Feugiat lorem sit vero no sit sed eos et eirmod et vel ipsum accusam et feugiat dolores. Magna ea cum kasd nonumy at eirmod erat mazim takimata ea aliquyam lorem elitr amet. Stet tempor gubergren labore quis tempor eirmod.
Soluta kasd takimata sed ipsum ut blandit mazim lorem sed invidunt nulla dolores dolor dolore esse. Eros ut hendrerit ullamcorper aliquyam sea nisl erat ut no liber dolores illum consetetur magna duis gubergren. Erat dolore esse nonumy facer. Tempor illum eleifend no lorem. Diam lobortis nulla sit iriure ipsum et feugait.
Sample Output H3
Aliquam vulputate amet sadipscing stet in delenit sed magna. Lobortis takimata gubergren. At vulputate augue consetetur tempor tempor. Consetetur erat facilisis et dolor et sit ut vero rebum invidunt facilisi sit consetetur clita sadipscing. Ut dolor accusam duo ipsum sea takimata justo te vero no. At diam molestie tincidunt kasd sanctus duo sit sed gubergren tempor vel et dolor duis et duo. Nostrud sanctus eum ea gubergren in amet takimata diam kasd. Et voluptua dolore elitr takimata dolor diam vel aliquyam. Et dolor feugiat nonumy vero veniam. Sit takimata nonummy soluta sit kasd sit lorem adipiscing gubergren consetetur sit consetetur.
Eros gubergren consetetur cum et dignissim elitr nostrud et diam vulputate delenit clita molestie ea. Invidunt ipsum elitr aliquip. Et accusam magna magna invidunt nonumy lobortis sadipscing dolore. Molestie feugiat augue et volutpat sed aliquyam aliquyam erat gubergren nibh ipsum. Feugiat illum duo amet ut et no dolore dolor duo. Sea diam vel et et magna justo ipsum sanctus. Luptatum dolore et stet ut praesent aliquyam sea in no et. Facilisis enim dolore dolores. Eirmod voluptua vero praesent vel eos no dolores vero veniam dolores. Sanctus ut gubergren ipsum diam magna ea dolor diam lorem illum sed vero. Suscipit diam sed vel aliquyam esse ipsum sed magna consetetur.
Sample Output H4
Aliquyam ut ut amet eirmod dolor. Nulla diam duo. Eu tempor sit ipsum luptatum accusam ut nostrud nonummy. Nonumy lobortis dolor diam. Adipiscing dolor kasd et autem et et dolor sit erat diam sadipscing lorem sed ea ut amet.
Sit sit aliquyam et accusam tempor aliquyam blandit clita sed hendrerit stet clita sanctus in invidunt illum et. Vulputate commodo nobis invidunt lorem vero eirmod kasd tempor diam wisi tincidunt et et. Sadipscing amet suscipit diam consetetur stet et ipsum erat eos gubergren dolores et eirmod ullamcorper dolore option. Dolor sit dignissim duis. Rebum amet amet takimata. Sed lorem invidunt eirmod sit lorem. Tincidunt feugiat lobortis dolore invidunt tincidunt sit aliquam eum dolore nisl et nulla lorem ea et illum tempor. Feugait amet diam elitr dolore aliquyam tempor invidunt tation at lorem sanctus et dolores elitr sed.
Sample Output H4
Doming amet amet magna. Rebum magna vero dolore. Vero id tempor esse nobis feugiat takimata eum lorem accumsan. Dolor et ut dolore nihil eros labore dolor est. Lorem consequat at vero est lorem nonumy no voluptua velit. Justo lorem imperdiet clita labore sit.
In erat takimata at dolores quod dolores gubergren sea kasd nam est suscipit ut sit iriure sadipscing. Sea sit diam tempor est dolore. Dolore dolore sed aliquam duis sed nonumy nibh vel rebum et amet nibh accumsan duis nonumy at. Lorem nonumy diam labore lorem lorem est et nostrud gubergren consetetur clita possim at diam tempor ut. Justo ullamcorper sed dolor ad kasd sea dolor sed duis invidunt nonumy eum sed. Takimata vero eos at sed labore mazim blandit nulla sit consequat vel esse. Dolor eirmod possim diam labore et eos invidunt sit. Odio stet laoreet nibh vero commodo accusam. Ipsum sed consequat dolor exerci elit. Tempor nulla tempor.
Sample Output H3
Justo eum sed ipsum minim rebum dolor dolore sea vero amet est sed molestie. Et voluptua dolores sed sed. Elit vel lobortis gubergren erat vero no gubergren consetetur invidunt ut eirmod nonummy lorem. Et sadipscing gubergren rebum justo esse at sed nobis sed quis at ut takimata sit delenit sit. Invidunt lobortis kasd illum aliquam clita eos. Amet stet velit diam et. Dolor eros amet consectetuer sanctus doming no te elitr est.
Justo amet amet. Consetetur ullamcorper labore dolor te et duo labore sanctus nulla sed aliquyam. Clita eos euismod sit sit diam ea clita tempor mazim justo doming sea dolor vulputate exerci lorem sit. Tation eos ea sit esse zzril justo rebum in. Diam luptatum suscipit sed esse sit. Eleifend invidunt et lobortis labore vel. Rebum ipsum takimata duo et kasd dolor molestie. Esse iriure dolore voluptua et dolor ea sed dolor at takimata kasd voluptua stet dolores nisl dolores. Clita justo eu et. Vel at diam labore takimata et amet kasd dolor sadipscing no accusam dignissim nisl lorem dolor stet facer. Amet consetetur in veniam.
Sample Output H4
Exerci clita dolor ipsum consectetuer veniam duis aliquam et ullamcorper dolore duo dolores tation et justo voluptua no. Ipsum sadipscing vel lorem eum eos eirmod ipsum sit possim aliquyam dolor stet amet iriure duo suscipit vero. Eu dolor duis magna justo. Eirmod hendrerit amet labore diam sadipscing duo vel congue et aliquyam kasd clita takimata et labore sit. Erat at ex dolor lorem eos diam dolores sed stet sit lorem nonumy elitr rebum lorem in.
Aliquyam aliquyam dolor clita sanctus labore erat amet ullamcorper kasd dolores in. Sit amet facer sed enim justo diam nisl consetetur et lorem est aliquam. Feugiat eirmod praesent clita eos option iriure. Dolores consequat et congue dolores suscipit suscipit commodo takimata erat est stet no invidunt sit ut. Vulputate sit magna clita no ipsum sanctus tempor laoreet kasd dolor eirmod ipsum ut. Molestie in luptatum diam eu et dolor option ipsum sea no et duo nisl consectetuer at. Dolores vero mazim et rebum amet sea blandit diam sadipscing diam voluptua rebum at sea amet erat. Et nulla kasd ut eirmod esse sit dolore gubergren delenit erat iusto dolor nonumy at.
Sample Output H4
Accusam te diam aliquam nulla nostrud et vero et at. Ut consectetuer eos no nonumy sit diam dolore sed rebum diam et vel dolore sed minim. Sit dolor tempor amet tincidunt. Sit wisi dolor nam dolore et magna at ea stet dolore dolor duis dolor accusam volutpat. Erat kasd dolore ut dolores sanctus ad facer dolores dolor duo. Voluptua iusto sea dolore gubergren est at accusam diam eum amet dignissim nonumy sea sanctus et. Rebum accusam blandit labore id sit diam tempor enim vel diam esse et et invidunt. Elit possim gubergren justo ut invidunt tempor amet imperdiet nonummy voluptua gubergren iriure sit.
Hendrerit voluptua et diam. Et amet nonumy blandit lorem sit aliquam dolore et. Velit magna magna invidunt tempor wisi. Et sed labore et sanctus rebum exerci aliquyam minim diam kasd diam magna dolor aliquam elitr dolore elitr. Stet sit dolore invidunt consectetuer vel rebum accusam clita facilisis ea dolor sanctus dolor placerat et. Consetetur elitr justo velit congue et ullamcorper justo no lorem dolor magna nonumy et accumsan dolore rebum consetetur. Ut lorem et at elitr elitr eirmod labore dolores ipsum sanctus quod nulla diam at ea autem et esse. Duis eros est vero minim sanctus diam. Sanctus vulputate wisi sadipscing at facer sit sed kasd et diam eum gubergren nonumy accusam velit consequat te minim.
More Sample Output H2
Sea elitr feugiat sed suscipit ut. Dolore tincidunt vel delenit. Sanctus at doming dolore no justo duo sit labore est magna autem no magna vero possim duis. Dolores duis et dolor ipsum. Eirmod et sit dolores. Elitr lobortis nisl dolor accusam et facilisis. Et dolor gubergren autem et ipsum ipsum kasd dolore.
Sit nonumy duo wisi minim rebum invidunt eirmod nonummy eum amet consequat minim dolor no sadipscing blandit sit. Eos diam exerci consetetur elitr et facilisis justo consetetur lorem amet tempor est et delenit amet. Diam invidunt eirmod eos lorem kasd lorem ipsum diam consetetur euismod eum stet. Justo sed vel eos sit et vel at ea diam tation in labore dolor. Vulputate ut dolor invidunt liber dolor autem.
Sample Output H3
Molestie amet at sit. Nonumy vel erat magna volutpat at nonumy lorem vel enim kasd sed et ipsum dolore nisl te et et. Eirmod dolore eros elitr facilisis nisl est at ut lorem dolor kasd congue gubergren erat. Sit nihil dolor feugait magna est consetetur ipsum sed ut invidunt aliquyam. Sanctus sed nonummy rebum. Diam lorem sanctus liber esse rebum possim ea. Clita minim duo ipsum est nisl takimata at rebum diam eos. Luptatum elitr vero duo duis ad at.
Voluptua aliquyam wisi diam kasd voluptua stet sed vero dolore. Ullamcorper tempor eleifend molestie in clita aliquyam nulla blandit velit ea ipsum facer invidunt clita nonummy magna eirmod nonumy. Rebum zzril at invidunt kasd duo sea nulla sit et sit nonumy kasd. Lorem erat sed accusam gubergren est. Vel zzril sanctus clita accusam at est accusam. Aliquyam accusam ut sanctus dolore takimata kasd delenit consetetur eos lorem sed vero dolor dolor at eirmod. Ut dolores lorem sed diam soluta. Facilisis labore et hendrerit accusam sadipscing lorem vulputate. Eleifend nostrud tempor est stet iriure dolores.
Sample Output H4
Vulputate aliquip sed vero illum ipsum ipsum aliquip et dolores esse sed gubergren sadipscing sit veniam kasd lobortis sed. Vero aliquyam aliquam. Kasd magna takimata takimata. Dolore stet ea vero ut nostrud. Justo lorem et praesent takimata lorem ut tempor zzril at sanctus illum invidunt minim dolor labore diam invidunt. Sea magna vero stet vulputate sed aliquyam enim. Et ut ad et ipsum et elitr takimata takimata takimata ea. Iriure consequat diam cum nostrud. Stet at ut stet aliquam diam magna sit accusam amet sed. Nonumy voluptua justo sed.
No commodo lorem et accusam amet id in sea lorem ea volutpat. Sed sed et sadipscing gubergren sed sed qui clita vel dolor sit sit et stet erat eirmod. Dolor luptatum autem. Kasd voluptua amet et eu duo. Aliquyam dolore clita odio amet diam dolores velit labore diam lorem voluptua sanctus et lorem dolor.
Sample Output H4
Erat magna et aliquam magna adipiscing amet tempor erat dolores clita veniam diam adipiscing eos ut. Minim dolore iriure dolores dolor sit dolore est sea justo placerat elitr. Takimata erat at nulla ex iusto ipsum erat sit esse erat facilisis rebum lorem. Vulputate nonumy consequat ipsum hendrerit labore quis ea sit nonumy doming justo eirmod facilisis iriure. Sed vel sanctus kasd labore invidunt ullamcorper magna justo tempor ipsum kasd consetetur accusam.
Dolor in amet ea eleifend assum et erat enim ea at diam lorem justo gubergren. Eros consetetur tempor dolore no eirmod sed tempor consequat. Soluta dolor magna lorem et facilisis dolore elitr diam dolor. Eos clita diam eos kasd ea et clita ut diam. Kasd et labore et ad voluptua erat no aliquam.
Sample Output H3
Amet ut et consequat et consetetur. No nulla dolor erat ut lorem eu velit no dolore in eirmod. Nostrud eu dolor facer feugiat lorem tempor dolores est stet. Iriure dolor ut dolores lorem ipsum eos lorem at luptatum voluptua enim tempor luptatum tempor lorem invidunt diam dolores. Praesent eos et. Sit labore nihil et dolores takimata sit velit erat et soluta et justo aliquyam eu takimata amet. Sit voluptua consequat rebum elit vero sed lorem sit.
Et ipsum ipsum dolore sed sit et vero sanctus dolore justo est est sit accusam ea. Magna diam clita gubergren dolor gubergren ut sadipscing nibh dignissim justo et sed dolor. Voluptua sit dolor duo eirmod sit kasd congue diam consequat nisl at nonummy lorem magna. Diam gubergren odio. Dolore eum sea et eirmod clita nonumy delenit minim et sit duo. Nihil lorem est augue lorem kasd ipsum qui sed vel nonumy. Et nulla et sit ea mazim quis elitr ea gubergren in sed. Stet at clita dolor et voluptua ea takimata amet erat facilisi diam eos. Lorem velit dolores. Clita dolore facilisis justo ut lorem tempor stet diam. Elitr dolore ipsum vero stet magna sed ut sea laoreet sea sadipscing stet dolor eos consequat quis ut.
Sample Output H4
Enim sanctus ipsum sanctus feugiat no ipsum consetetur nonumy. Euismod et commodo in magna duis diam sit dolor. Et ipsum sed stet nibh ipsum lorem nonummy sit takimata vero ipsum dolore sed eros clita vel. Hendrerit ipsum clita aliquyam amet molestie consetetur nonumy dolor. Accusam sit stet sit accusam eos consectetuer amet. Ex autem consetetur velit consetetur dolor nobis illum no eirmod accusam sit consetetur. Augue feugait hendrerit facilisis erat dolor consetetur aliquam in no et odio vel invidunt imperdiet illum dolor eros. Vero dolore tempor ipsum amet duo et stet luptatum ipsum amet nulla magna diam. Facilisi molestie rebum diam rebum dolor ut labore ipsum invidunt velit ut stet ea et sed veniam. Eos accusam erat nulla tation mazim doming justo nonumy sed.
Justo ea consetetur qui stet at et dolor. Stet diam ipsum et clita amet quis stet dolor diam. Sea amet duis facilisi et lorem kasd vulputate magna et sea invidunt. Dolor ut elitr at veniam ipsum magna euismod sadipscing lorem erat delenit magna no congue magna dolore ipsum sadipscing. Suscipit gubergren eos ex eirmod nihil rebum delenit. Et lorem suscipit et erat tempor dolore dolor. No consetetur ipsum eum ea sit sit elitr in sanctus elit sadipscing lorem et ea in erat stet clita. Sed rebum nonumy ad dolores eos sit. Eu esse eos ipsum. Dolor sadipscing ipsum magna diam duo nulla dolore erat accusam sea duo ipsum dolore. Velit eum justo vero autem rebum nostrud amet sanctus ex nulla voluptua sit nulla erat et labore.
Sample Output H4
Dolor enim blandit accusam aliquip eum nisl accusam stet sadipscing feugiat commodo autem stet ea ipsum nonumy et. Sanctus magna et dolore sadipscing et. Eros eros no amet wisi at quis est justo vel tempor et dolores veniam no eros ea. No dolor magna sanctus invidunt vero diam takimata. Odio et magna dolore tation dolor lorem et diam duis sit eum lorem eirmod vero. Dolor et sit lorem voluptua. Eirmod dolor nonummy praesent justo et.
Ut at sed vulputate eirmod accusam. Lobortis sit stet eu dolor invidunt ipsum lorem sed ea. Eos eirmod sea sed hendrerit diam stet kasd delenit sed et sea et lorem et et sadipscing blandit nonumy. Amet sanctus eos. Accusam commodo molestie rebum. Diam dolor velit amet sanctus diam sit et sadipscing diam magna vero. Et gubergren labore diam nonumy eu no magna nonumy justo ut consectetuer stet et sanctus enim odio.